...Danielle N. Ingle; Marianne E. Porter ABSTRACT Mammals living in aquatic environments load their axial skeletons differently from their terrestrial counterparts. The structure and mechanical behavior of trabecular bone can be especially indicative of varying habitual forces. Here, we investigated...

...; Ttrab, trabecular thickness. Differences between group means are plotted as percentage difference+s.d. of the sampling distribution of the relative difference. *P<0.05 for comparisons between controls and treadmill runners. P>0.05 for all other differences. Responsivity of trabecular bone...

..., Wolff's law has never been experimentally tested while controlling for ontogenetic stage, activity level,and species differences, all factors that may affect trabecular bone growth. Here we report an experimental test of Wolff's law using a within-species design in age-matched subjects experiencing...

...-mail: sharon_swartz@brown.edu 27 11 1997 26 01 1998 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 trabecular bone allometry scaling mammals biomechanics ‘Trabeculae are not merely embodiments of mathematical abstractions; they have their own lives to lead’, J. D. Currey...

...Richard H. C. Bonser ABSTRACT Vickers microhardness tests were used to gauge the mechanical ‘competence’ (ability to resist bending and failure) of cortical and trabecular bone along the humeri of three bird species. Hardness was greatest at the mid-length portion of the shaft. The mean hardness...